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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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1. Snake oil peddlers have been abusing this "distinction" for so long.

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 05:15 PM

Sep 2013

Sell your snake oil as a supplement, and it gets regulated much less strictly than a drug. Because drugs, ya know, actually have to be shown to WORK.

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Snake oil peddlers have been abusing this "distinction" for so long. trotsky Sep 2013 #1